Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1887-07-07

get together once year at least and have "a
royal good time. The opportunities for
amusement are rare at present and, al
though day of pleasure Is obtained at no
little cost, financially aud physically, We
have abundance o. time to regain our nor
nal condition.
THE DAY IN LEwIsTowN.
A. early as Saturday strangers were seen
on our streets, who had come from a long
distance TO celebrate ut the county seat.
and Oh Sunday arrivals were quite frequent
through the day, but early Monday morn
ing wagon loads came pouring into town
from every direction until our hotels aud
streets were filled with people. Livery
stables and corrals were crowded to their
/ utmost capacity, while many horses were
ficketcd about town. A. ii O'Clock the
Marshal %, the Day. John Arnold. rode up
aud down Main street and al no Inced
that the exercises Of The forenoon would
b. lin in fifteen minutes. In a short time
a crowd of several hundred had gathered
At the court house---lhe building temper.
arly occupied by our county oflircrs-to
listen Ia the programme. Judge Meagher
acted as master of ceremonies and intro
duced Miss Allis Watson as reader of the
Declaration of Independence. The young
lady was greeted with applause and read
her lines distinctly and with feeling empha-
- on important passages in the often told
tory of our liberation from British tyran-
ny. The reading was followed by the sing
ing Of MY Country" af or winch the orator
oi ,he day, Mr.. II. +. Clement of Fla,
Willow. was introluce1 ami delivered the
the ARGrs. The orator spoke from manu-
script, but he was in fine voice and reference
to his manuscript did Hot dctraci from the
interest in the address by the audience.
lie acquitted himself well and de-
yeloped the fact that we need not send
abroad for orators when we have them in
our midst. The exercises closed with the
''Star Spangled Banner
AFTERNOON PROGRAMME.
At i:30 the crowd began to gather at the
race track on the beach east of town.
where the real sport of the day was to take
place. Everybody appeared to be in happy
anticipation over the races. Men were
good natiired and the ladies wore brighter
smiles than usual. The Marshal of the
Day had the usual experience with the fel-
lows who wanted to take up homestead
right in the middle of the track, and the
NANCY ours who seemed to have neither
masters nor manners. After brief delay
she judges. W. s. Powell. John Gilkcr,on
and Jesse Phelps, took their position in the
Judge stand and called the first race on
the programme, which was the ha,Emile
race. For this race W. W. HUMPHREYS en-
tered Peanuts" and Eagle" and James l..
Conser 'Buckskin." The latter horse wa,
the iayorite among the sports in some i'm
stances odds being given. After a slight
delay in scoring the horses got away about
even and came down the course like
"swift flying meteors." to the great delight
of the crowd. One hundred yards from the
jude stand Buckskin seemed to be
leneth ahead, but the rider of Peanuts ap-
piled the whip and the hay horse got his
II al under the wire first and won the heat.
The second heat was a repetition of the first
as to results, Peanuts coming in an easy
winner Of the heat ard race
In the quarter mile dash Maurice Sulli-
van entered Bird" VIM. lIortop, BLACK
Pony +. a. Janeaux. Brownie" Frank
Day, ''Lighfoot." 1.ightfoot and Bird
seemed to he the iavorites and the contest
wa, narrowed down to these two ho7sc,. T
The hr.' hei; vas tie. Great interest now
cepterel in this race. Men became frantic
AMI vociferous. and one would hardly I
think the country had just passed through |
"a hard winter from the money flashed in /
light. The second heat was fine one. the .
hosses coming down the course about even
until near the judges stand, when Bird
Dew the track, or at least lost his footing. 1
and ~ the nishsp the race. Then again I
Iaudenonium reigned and every man on Z
the track was delivering a Fourth of July
Grafton on his own hook and designating
one of the commandments IN a reckless .
manner. The old mare got there by a
scratch, for, aside from Birds break, the
rider lost his whip the second jump from
the starting point.